Top 5 wild, painful and unforgettable finishes to Blue Jays’ games in 2025

2. World Series Game 7: 5-4 (11) loss vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers

The 2025 World Series was one of the greatest of all time, so perhaps it's fitting that it had one of the craziest endings of all time. The Blue Jays seemed destined for World Series glory throughout most of the game. Bo Bichette hit a three-run home run in the third inning to give the Blue Jays the lead, which they held onto until the ninth inning.

Jeff Hoffman came to the mound to close out the game for Toronto. He had been strong throughout the postseason, giving up just one run in his nine previous appearances. The Blue Jays were two outs away when Rojas, the ninth hitter in the Dodgers' lineup, hit a solo home run to tie the game.

The Blue Jays had a chance to walk it off in the ninth inning. The bases were loaded with one out when Daulton Varsho hit a ground ball to Rojas at second. Rojas threw to catcher Will Smith as Isiah Kiner-Falefa slid feet first into home. Smith had taken his foot off the plate, but got it back down just in time to record the out. Baseball is a game of millimetres, and the Blue Jays were millimetres away.

The Blue Jays still had a chance. The bases were still loaded, now with two outs. Clement, who earlier in the game set a record for the most hits in a single postseason (30), hit it deep to left field. Henandez and Andy Pages crashed into each other in pursuit of the ball, but Pages somehow still caught the ball. The World Series would be decided in extra innings.

In the eleventh inning, Smith hit a solo home run to give the Dodgers a 5-4 lead. It was the first time in the game that the Blue Jays trailed. The Blue Jays had a chance in the bottom of the eleventh. They had runners on first and third with one out, with Kirk at the plate. His bat broke as he hit into a series-ending double play. After trailing most of the game, the Dodgers had come back to win their second consecutive World Series.

1. World Series Game 3: 6-5 (18) loss vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers

There are many what-ifs from the Blue Jays' World Series loss. What if the ball hadn't gotten stuck in the wall? What if IKF had run through home plate, or taken a step longer lead off of third? What if the Blue Jays hadn't pitched to Shohei Ohtani in the seventh inning of Game 3? At the very least, Toronto fans could have gone to bed before 3 a.m.

The Blue Jays led 5-4 when the Dodgers came to bat in the seventh inning. So far, Ohtani had gone 3-3 with two doubles and a home run. He looked unstoppable. Instead of intentionally walking him, the Blue Jays decided to pitch to him. On the first pitch he faced, he hit a game-tying solo home run.

Ohtani's second home run was the last run either team scored for nine innings. The Blue Jays learned their lesson. They intentionally walked Ohtani four times and unintentionally walked him once. Throughout the many extra innings, both teams had plenty of chances to end the game. But it wasn't until the 18th inning, after six hours and 39 minutes, that Freddie Freeman hit a walk-off solo home run for the Dodgers. The game tied the record for the longest World Series game ever.